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Unexplainable is a science show about everything we don’t know. Host Noam Hassenfeld is joined by an array of experts and Vox reporters each week to look at the most fascinating unanswered q...
Pioneering musicians Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno released their latest album Liminal by broadcasting it from a 50-foot microwave antenna. Noa...
Today on the show: a double feature — two mysteries in one episode. First, it seems like all living things emit a faint glow that disappears...
To hear some people tell it — especially people on TikTok — inflammation is the root of all disease. It's... not that simple. But inflammati...
A few months ago, we put out an episode about what silence sounds like, and it caught the attention of Rob Rosenthal, who hosts a podcast ca...
Can microbes travel through space on meteorites? It’s an idea called “lithopanspermia,” and to work out if it’s even feasible, some research...
For the first time in over 50 years, humans have gone to the moon and back. And this time, NASA says we're going to stay. NASA's planning fo...
Typically, the burden of birth control falls on whoever has a uterus, but it seems like that might change — and soon! Guest: Annalisa Merell...
Host Julia Longoria signs off from Unexplainable with one final question: Why does her grandma love Vicks VapoRub so much? A version of this...
Casey Harrell is a goofy, lighthearted chatterbox whose love for language helped him become an accomplished environmental activist. In 2020,...
Oliver Sacks was once crowned “the poet laureate of medicine” — he's known as one of the greatest science writers of our time. But when New...
One of the deadliest poisons known to man is now used to treat wrinkles, migraines, and even, maybe, depression. How did that happen? Guests...
Many alchemical texts are full of bizarre, metaphorical language. But what if there's interesting science hiding behind some of those metaph...
Grab some hot cocoa and a warm blanket and let’s talk about the tiny crystals that fall from the sky. Guest: Jessica Lundquist, professor of...
A man committed a crime. He admitted it. Then something alarming showed up on an image of his brain. The criminal case that followed in 1991...
How many fish are in the sea? It's a question that has had enormous consequences for the fishing community in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Bu...
It's no secret that stress isn't good for you… But just how bad is it? NPR's Short Wave podcast gets some answers. Host: Regina G. Barber, h...
In the dark depths of the Gowanus Canal, strange lifeforms lurk... Guests: Brad Vogel, volunteer at the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club; Elizabe...
I’m about to burst. Guests: Laryngologist Dr. Robert Bastian and Noel King, co-host and editorial director of the Vox daily news podcast Tod...
Astronomers are putting together a new picture of the early universe. It involves a lot of very weird black holes, and it could help us unde...
It’s surprisingly hard to predict how clouds form, move, and change, but it’s essential to try. Because how clouds react to a warming world...
Every hand-crafted instrument from violin maker Michael Doran holds its own unexplainable questions. Guest: Michael Doran of Doran’s Violin’...
There's been a real rollback of one of the US government's most fundamental tasks: gathering data. Vox correspondents Dylan Scott and Umair...
Things in the news have been feeling kind of…bleak, so we called in some reinforcements. Vox's senior editorial director and resident good n...
Parents are supposed to provide the best life possible for their kids, right? But what does that mean when genetic testing for the baby ente...
Is geoengineering the answer to the climate crisis? Or is it too dangerous to even discuss? It’s been theoretical so far, but now, one start...
Yellowstone can be a deadly place... but not for the reasons you might think. Guest: Mike Poland, scientist in charge at the Yellowstone Vol...
A two-time Nobel Prize-winning scientist changed chemistry, biology, and the politics of science. But when he pushed vitamin C as a cure-all...
This episode is a follow-up to The Sound Barrier series, which explores our brain's relationship to sound. In our third episode of the serie...
As our brains develop throughout our childhood and teens, they form connections and then prune back the ones that aren't used. What can we l...
What's going on in teens' heads? Scientists working on a country-wide study following thousands of young people have spent the last decade t...
Way back when forests first evolved on Earth... they might have triggered one of the biggest mass extinctions in the history of the planet....
It's a quasi-moon. Or, a quasi-satellite. Whatever you want to call it, it's hanging out near Earth. And it could be the source of some fasc...
So many of us have been told that meditation can make us less stressed, more productive, and happier. But for a small group of people, it ha...
A dog on its owner’s grave. A killer whale carrying around its dead calf. A goose that isolates when its mate dies. These behaviors in anima...
When Wanda Diáz-Merced lost her sight as a college student, she thought her dreams of becoming an astronomer were over — until she learned t...
A scientist asked people to sit in a silent room for 15 minutes. Almost half of them decided to give themselves a painful electric shock ins...
Almost 15% of adults suffer from a persistent, often intolerable sound... that is literally just in their heads. Why does the brain do this...
Just like optical illusions trick our eyes, audio illusions can trick our ears. It makes scientists wonder: What exactly are we hearing, whe...
This week on Unexplainable or Not, Sally Helm, the newest member of our team, tries to figure out what's killing mussels, why rivers suddenl...
Now why would you click on something like this? What's wrong with you?! Why are you — and so many other people — into scary stuff? Two scien...
Killing two people is worse than killing one. What about 440 billion crustaceans? Adapted from Dylan Matthews's essay on Vox.com. This story...
Think about the thing you’ve practiced more than anything else in the world. Maybe it’s painting. Or writing. Or playing baseball. Now, imag...
Terry Riley's "In C" is one of the most influential pieces of music of the last century...but you'll never hear it the same way twice. Guest...
Donald Trump and RFK Jr. seem convinced that it does. But our friends at Science Vs say the data is far more complicated. Guest: Meryl Horn,...
Zombies might seem like the stuff of horror movies, but there are lots of examples of parasites taking over bugs’ bodies and bending them to...
Who are you, really? Our friends at The Gray Area ask whether it's really possible to change. Guest: Olga Khazan, author of Me, But Better...
The centuries-old international battle over the real sound of a musical note. Guest: Fanny Gribenski, historical musicologist and author of...
NASA found a Martian rock that might have traces of ancient life. It's perhaps the most tantalizing revelation in the century-long search fo...
Recent research — and one surprising season of The Biggest Loser — has scientists wondering whether some of the most basic things they know...
Join our friends at The Longest Shortest Time for a deep dive into the misunderstood world of vaginas. We’ll learn about orgasm-chasing roya...